If a student at a university or college in the United States minors in a particular subject, they study it in addition to their main subject. I'm minoring in computer science. major
A group of courses often related to but different from a student's major field of study Not all schools require a minor, even if they require students to choose a major
A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain and most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen. The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors
A group of courses often related to but different from a student's major field of study Not all universities and colleges require a minor, even if they require students to choose a major
of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"
{s} lesser in size, small; secondary; subordinate; junior; under legal age; insignificant, unimportant; minor scale (Music); not serious (of an illness)
At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology minor, they are studying geology as well as their main subject. major
limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" not of legal age; "minor children" of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin